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This is a pretty biased take on what's been happening. The 2020 election's fraud claims were thrown out by courts. They were entirely evidence-free. Even Linds
by pfraze 6y ago
This is a pretty biased take on what's been happening.
The 2020 election's fraud claims were thrown out by courts. They were entirely evidence-free. Even Lindsey Graham gave a concise speech on the night of 1/6 explaining precisely how false those fraud claims were.
The 2016 election involved Russia hacking the DNC and leaking their emails, which became a centerpiece of the election debate ("Hillary's emails!"). It also involved Trump publicly asking for Russia to leak the emails, and then (once elected) firing the head of the FBI and saying in an interview with Lester Holt it was because Comey was investigating any possible ties with Russia.
The response to 2016 was the Mueller investigation. The response to 2020 was an attempted insurrection. One of these is not like the other, and you're attempting to paint a false political logic behind how the two have been treated.
- unishark 6y agoThere were nationwide protests against the election result in 2016. They blocked the highways here in california. People also disrupted confirmation hearings back then.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoThose protests mostly fizzled out with a week or two of the election results (even before all state results were certified). "Disrupted confirmation hearings" seems fairly different to me from "smashed windows and doors to gain entrance to the US Capitol while hundreds of people chanted "Hang Mike Pence!".
- unishark 6y agoDifferent in some ways, of course, same in others. Ultimately I'm just seeing the same news with one side one-upping the other. They weren't even the first armed group to try and defy the government in the last year, though perhaps the most ambitious.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoIn what ways are these the same?
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